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CHAMPAWAT IS A NEW DISTRICT IN UTTARAKHAND STATE,WHICH LIES IN BETWEEN PITHORAGARH AND THANKPUR. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HILL STATION ON THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. BISHOP'S DREAM TO REACH OUT TO CHAMPAWAT HAS BEEN FULLFILLED BY THE ARRIVAL OF CMI FATHERS TO CHAMPAWAT DISTRICT IN THE YEAR 2003.FR. BINOJ WAS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST TO LAND ON CHAMPAWAT TO DO THE PIONEERING WORK .A PIECE OF LAND HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY THE CMI FATHERS TO CARRY ON THE MISSIONERY WORK ON HILLS .THEY HAVE BUILT A SCHOOL AND FHGS SISTERS ARE GENEROUSLY ASSISTING IN THE EDUCATIONAL APOSTOLATE

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CHAUBATTIA IS KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AND FOR ITS LARGE APPLE GARDENS. BEING SITUATED IN THE CANTONMENT AREA, THERE IS ALWAYS A FLOATING POPULATION . THERE IS AN OLD BRITISH TIME CHURCH WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1884 AND IT USED FOR THE LITURGICAL SERVICES.PRIEST FROM RANIKHET REGULARLY VISIT THIS PLACE AND CONDUCT PRAYER AND WORSHIP. SISTERS OF FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY SERVED IN CHAUBATTIA FROM 1992 TO 2014. IN 2015 FRANCISCAN CLARIST CONGREGATIONS (FCC)WAS INVITED BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS D' SOUZA TO CONTINUE THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL APOSTOLATE

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The existence of this mission goes back to 1947 when a few punjabi Christians bought land and settled down here. Till 1973 , it was visited from kathgodam, The land where the present church, Priest's residence, Convert and School stand, was bought in1972 and Fr. Salvador D' Souza became the first resident Priest. The Sisters of the Queen of the Apostles were invited to help in the school and to run the dispensary . Seeing the need for hostel Seva Sadan Hostal for girls was started in 2011

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THE LAND AT DAHA WAS BOUGHT IN 1995 AND A FEW PUNJABI CHRISTIANS WERE SETTLED THERE IN 1968. CHURCH WAS BUILT AND DEDICATED TO ST.FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN 1972.TILL 1990 DAHA MISSION WAS TAKEN CARE BY POLIGANJ PARISH .IN JUNE ,1990 FR ROBERT MATHIAS WAS INSTALLED AS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST OF DAHA . SISTERS OF POOR HANDMAIDS OF JESUS CHRIST(PHJC)ARE HELPING THE PRIEST IN THE SCHOOL AND PASTORAL WORK. THE EXISTING CONVENT AND SCHOOL WERE BLESSED ON 11TH JULY 1991. A NEW PRIEST'S RESIDENCE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING CHURCH BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN 1991. THE DIOCESE HAS A HOSTEL FOR POOR CATHOLIC BOYS .PHJC SISTERS ARE RUNNING A HOSTEL FOR SMALL GIRLS OF KAILASH COLONY TO HELP THEM IN THEIR EDUCATION KAILASH COLONY WAS THE VISITING STATION ,12 KMS AWAY FROM DAHA FARM .A MULTIPURPOSE HALL WAS BUILT THERE IN 1992 FOR LITURGICAL FUNCTIONS . LATER KAILASH COLONY WAS ATTACHED TO AMARIYA PARISH 2012

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IT WAS A DREAM OF FR. ADRIAN BELLINI, THE ITALIAN CAPUCHIN TO START A MISSION STATION AT DHAMOLA WHICH LIES AT THE FOOT OF KUMAON HILLS OF NAINITAL DISTRICT. LAND WAS BOUGHT IN VIEW OF SETTING THE PUNJABI CHRISTION REFUGEES. THE HUMBLE BEGINNING BY FR. ADRIAN IN 1967 HAS SEEN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLACE. A HINDI PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS OPENED IN 1970 WHICH TODAY SHINES AS ONE OF THE LEADING INTER COLLEGE OF THE DIOCESE. TILL 1987, HOLY CROSS SISTER OF AMARAVATI PROVINCE WERE HELPING IN THE PASTORAL, EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL ACTIVITIES HERE. SINCE 1988, CANOSSIAN SISTER ARE CONTINUING THE SAME. A BOAEDING WAS OPENED IN 1990 TO HELP THE CATHOLIC BOYS TO COMPLETE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND INTERMEDIATE.

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DOHNA MISSION AT DOHNA WAS OPENED IN JULY 1993 WITH THE OPENING OF THE BRANCH OF BISHOP CONRAD SCHOOL. IT IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 KMS FROM BAREILLY CITY ON THE BAREILLY-NAINITAL ROAD. ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO CARRY ON THE MISSION WORK IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE BAREILLY DISTRICT. SISTER OF POOR HANDMAIDS OF JESUS CHRIST (PHJC) WERE THE FIRST PIONEERS OF THIS MISSION WHO ARRIVED IN JULY 1993 AND BEGAN THEIR WORK BY STAYING IN ONE OF THE SCHOOL. THEN, IN JANUARY 1994, FR. PIUS D'SOUZA (BISHOP OF AJMEER) WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST OF DOHNA. THE PRESENT CONVENT BULIDING WAS INAUGURATED IN MAY 1995.

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FARIDPUR IS A TAHSIL IN BAREILLY DISTRICT ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO LUCKNOW, TWENTY KILOMETERS AWAY FROM BAREILLY CITY TOWARDS SHAHJHANPUR. A PLOT OF LAND WAS PURCHASED IN 2002. THOUGH THERE IS ALREADY CHRISTIAN PRESENCE, BISHOP ANTHONY FERNANDES WANTED TO ESTABLISH A CATHOLIC MISSION TO CARRY ON THE EVANELIZING ACTIVITY IN THE RURAL AREAS. BON SECOURS SISTER FROM CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU ARRIVED ON 1ST JULY 2006, WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING IN BIHAR. INITIALLY THEY WERE STAYING IN A RENTED HOUSE VISITING THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. A NEW CONVENT WAS BUILT AND BLESSED BY BISHOP ANTHONY FERNANDES ON 29TH AUGUST 2008. FR. DEENBANDHU BELONGING TO THE INDIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, DELHI PROVINCE WAS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST APPOINTED IN JULY 2007. SHANTI DHAM PRESBYTERY AND A MULTIPURPOSE HALL WERE CONSTRUCTED AND INAUGURATED ON 16TH APRIL 2009. PERMANJALI NIWAS, PARATASPUR WHICH WAS SPIRITUALLY CATERED FOR FROM BAREILLY WAS ATTACHED TO THIS PARISH FROM 2008. EXPERIENCING THE FELT NEED OF THE LOCALITY AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF LAND WAS PURCHASED AND A SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2009-10. A SOCIAL WORK CENTRE WAS BUILT AND BLESSED BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS D'SOUZA. FBS SISTER ARE REACHING OUT TO VILLAGES THROUGH SOCIAL WORK. A MULTIPURPOSE HALL FOR SOCIAL WORK WAS INAUGURATED AND BLESSED BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS D'SOUZA ON 16TH JUNE 2015.

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IN VIEW OF EXTENDING THE PASTORAL AND MISSIONARY WORK IN THE DIOCESE, THE C.M.I FATHERS PURCHASED A PIECE OF LAND AT GADARPUR IN THE YEAR 2000. GULARBHOJ, A VIVITING STATION FROM BAZPUR WAS HANDED OVER TO THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE PASTORAL AND SPIRITUSL NEEDS OF A FEW CATHOLICS RESIDING THERE. ESTABLISHING THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF STARTING THE MISSION AT GADARPUR. FR. VARGHESE KOIKARA, CMI WAS THE FIRST MISSIONARY OF THE PLACE.

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BISHOP HARTMANN FRIARY WAS BLESSED ON NOV 1, 1966 BY MINISTER GENERAL OF THE CAPUCHINS. A NEW CHURCH WAS CONSTRUCTED AND DEDICATED TO ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI ON MARCH 16, 1969. THE COMING OF THE INDIAN CAPUCHINS TO THE HARTMANN FRIARY MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CATER TO THE SPIRITUAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING PEOPLE. THE URSULINE SISTER OF ST. FRANCIS (UFS) HAVE BEEN HELPING THE PARISH IN PASTORAL, EDUCATIONAL AND APOSTOLATE SINCE1978. MANY OF THE PARISHIONERS ARE OF FLOATING NATURE SINCE THEY WORK FOR FORCE, INDIAN RAILWAYS AND INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

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IT WAS A LONG FELT DESIRE OF BISHOP ANTHONY FERNANDES TO START A MISSION STATION AT JASPUR. TO HIS INVITATION, FATHER OF THE CONGREGATION OF CARMELITES OF MARY IMMACULATE RESPONDED. THE CMI FATHER IN JULY 1998 PURCHASED LAND IN KISHANPUR VILLAGE, ABOUT 4 KM AWAY FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF JASPUR AND A TEMPORARY RESIDENCE WAS BLESSED ON 19 MACH 1999. FR. YESU DAS WAS THE FIRST PIONEER OF THIS PLACE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND TO CARRY OUT PASTORAL, EVANGILICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. THE SISTER OF DESTITUTES (S.D) ARE HELPING IN THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES OF THE PLACE.

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